https://znetwork.org/author/gregorywilpert/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:22:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/gregorywilpert/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/lessons-and-legacy-of-venezuelas-bolivarian-revolution/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/lessons-and-legacy-of-venezuelas-bolivarian-revolution/#respond Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:22:28 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1288236 It has been 26 years since Hugo Chávez first assumed the presidency of Venezuela in 1999. Since then, Venezuela has gone through enormous ups and downs, and mostly downs since Nicolas Maduro took over from Chavez following his death in 2013. Given Venezuela’s current challenging situation, what lessons can be drawn from the Bolivarian Revolution [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/lessons-and-legacy-of-venezuelas-bolivarian-revolution/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-sanctions-a-conversation-with-gregory-wilpert/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-sanctions-a-conversation-with-gregory-wilpert/#respond Sat, 17 Jun 2023 15:13:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1247981 Sanctions as War: Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy, a book recently published by Brill, offers a comprehensive account of economic sanctions as a US tool for exercising power on the global stage. The text, which should be required reading for those with sympathy for humanity, includes a chapter on Venezuela by Gregory Wilpert. Here [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-sanctions-a-conversation-with-gregory-wilpert/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/degrowth-the-wrong-word-for-the-right-idea/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/degrowth-the-wrong-word-for-the-right-idea/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:34:15 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1243270 As we hurtle towards an increasingly uncertain future because of the climate crisis that we humans have caused, a debate is intensifying about whether this climate crisis can best be averted via degrowth, green growth, or eco-socialism. Note, these concepts are not necessarily mutually incompatible, which makes the debate between them a bit incoherent at [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/degrowth-the-wrong-word-for-the-right-idea/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/perus-systemic-political-crisis-deepens-as-president-is-arrested/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/perus-systemic-political-crisis-deepens-as-president-is-arrested/#respond Sun, 11 Dec 2022 14:20:16 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1234263 The arrest of Peru’s leftist President Pedro Castillo represents the latest and most serious twist in the country’s on-going systemic political crisis, says Peruvian Ph.D. student and columnist Francesca Emanuele. Transcript Greg Wilpert Hi, I’m Greg Wilpert. 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